Shanean woke up this morning with hardly any pain from her tumours due to steroids she has been receiving and has needed no pain relief today which has made her feel a lot better
Yesterday when she was in theatre getting her line in a nurse burst in demanding that she take a tablet straight away - Shanean was still a bit groggy and took the pill without fully grasping what the explanation of it was. Turns out it is a brand new drug under trial which prevents mucusitis (the mouth sores) - the staff were very exited given it was so new as most hadnt seen it before. It is a cell growth accellerator that thickens the skin in the mouth. They were keen for it to be given at the right time so its effective as Prof Joshua claims it costs about "$50 million a pill"
Due to her being on this drug, they have cancelled her lumbar punched scheduled for today (v pleased about this) and it will postpone chemo a day - a cell accellerator does the opposite of what chemo does. The start date for chemo is now Saturday
Today she was also taken on a tour of the radiation department. This is a building away from the hospital in the next block but is connected via a long underground passage. They showed her around and explained what will happen. Basically she will be put into a box with her legs curled up and they put 2 rice filled bags on her shoulders and then zap her with radiation for 20 mins twice a day for three days starting Monday
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